Tamils - a Trans State Nation..

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 

"The President (Kumaratunga)  has informed the Norwegian facilitators the government wants Article 7 of the signed agreement dealing with the Regional Fund amended...The agreement provides for the government and the LTTE to appoint a suitable multilateral agency to be the custodian of the Regional Fund. However, the President has now proposed that the Treasury be nominated as the custodian of the Regional Fund... the President has decided not to nominate members to the respective committees to implement the P-TOMS agreement until such time an agreement is reached on the issue of the proposed amendment..."  

"The  operation of Sections 6 (b)(ii), 6(b)(iv), 6 (j),6 (i) and 7 of the MOU are stayed pending the final determination of this application

The  funds both foreign and local intended to be deposited in the Regional Fund as provided in Section 7 may instead be dealt with according to the provisions of the Constitution and deposited in a separate account with a Custodian to be designated, if lawfully authorized."

[see also Sanmugam Sabesan in நிதி குறித்த (சிறிலங்காவின்) நீதி ?  - "இந்த உச்சமன்றத் தீர்ப்பு ஜே.வி.பியிற்கு கிடைத்த வெற்றி அல்ல! இத்தீர்ப்பு ஜனாதிபதி சந்திரிக்கா அம்மையாருக்கும், அவரது அரசியல் எதிர்காலத்திற்கும் கிடைத்த ஒரு நல்வாய்ப்பாகும்."]